Flash forward to today, and Kona Brewing has become one of the best -
selling craft beer brands in the world.
Not exact matches
Golden Road Brewing is the largest
craft beer operator in L.A. County but a tiny competitor among
craft brands nationwide — it's expected to only
sell about 45,000 barrels of
beer in 2015.
Ankush Nijhawan and Rahul Khetrapal had earlier backed Delhi - based Kaama Breweries Pvt. Ltd, which
sells craft beer under the
brand Witlinger.
Alone, it doesn't make a lot of sense, but combine it with these: (1) sales in the
craft segment are slowing, and distinctive winners and losers are emerging; (2) large, independent
brands not committed to deep cost - cutting are suffering, while corporate - owned
craft brands are
selling briskly; (3) small
craft beer producers are still posting big growth gains; but (4) legacy mass market
brands are collapsing; finally (5) mass market Mexican imports are killing it, especially (yay!)
In an op - ed in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (hometown paper of Anheuser - Busch, at least until it was purchased by a Belgian company), Brewer Association executives named names of several high - profile
sell - outs —
brands that were once true
craft beers, but that were bought out by mass - market players:
Mr Ottaway said in the US, the initial backlash against
craft beer brands which had
sold out to large conglomerates often resulted in a short - term sales dip in their local area, but it was soon overtaken by faster growth overall as the enhanced distribution channels and bigger marketing clout kicked in.
As part of the deal, Ballast Point — which
sold to Constellation for $ 1 billion last November — will become the «official
craft beer sponsor of Barclays Center,» and receive its own
branded bar on the main concourse, the company said via a press release.
Constellation is the number three
beer company in the U.S. with high - end, iconic imported
brands including Corona Extra, Corona Light, Modelo Especial, Negra Modelo, Pacifico, and Ballast Point, one of the most awarded
craft brewers in the U.S. Constellation is also the world's leader in premium wine
selling great
brands that people love including Robert Mondavi, Clos du Bois, Kim Crawford, Meiomi, Mark West, Franciscan Estate, Ruffino and Jackson - Triggs.